Chapter 154 (1/2)

Chapter 154: Martial Skill

The black li Cloud dojo was already located near the outskirts, but the limo still traveled at a fast pace As tis could be seen around thes and continued the conversation with his teacher

”Where are we going, Teacher?”

”One of the Nervous Systeht'”

”The Nervous System what?”

”The Nervous System Research Institute Do not mind the name Just think of it as one of the locations related to Monster Soul It's one of the places where Independent NPCs can log in”

Sila began to understand ”Ah, I see If I log in froht, Teacher?” As he said this, he furrowed his brows

”Say it, Sila”

Sila nodded ”Yes, Teacher I'ing out, I will only get a few more days attoward the front of the limousine, Mora saw that there was a partition between the driver and the passenger seats Still, he decided not to trust that their conversation was private

”I will talk about that e reach the Institute Do you have any questions for me? After today, ill hardly have time to meet each other”

'Ah, that's true If I stay online all the tio outside' Sila conte his mouth

”About the sword art, Teacher Our dojo doesn't have a weapon art, does it? Why do you have one with you?”

Mora sighed ”You are already an adult, so the ti his teacher's expression, Sila realized that what he was about to hear should be very important

”The Sila Sword and Heavenly Sword Art don't belong to our dojo I'ive them to his son when the time comes”

”His son?”

”Correct It's you, Sila Heavenly Sword Art is the art your father —your biological father— gave ical father” In fact, Sila had souessed that ever since Mora told him he was named after the sword Still, he couldn't help but be surprised Mora had never told hiical parents, and Sila had never asked He always believed that he was an orphan who his teacher adopted froical father was his teacher's friend

”Your father is Pumin, and your mother is Irene The three of us were close friends Pumin was a profound practitioner like myself, while Irene was a German neuroscientist After the two of the silently, the naraved into Sila'sprepared thousands of times hoould tell Sila about his parents, when the time really came, Mora still needed a moment to put his words in order His expression was sorrowful, and his speech was noticeably stuttering

”Twenty-three years ago, your father was renowned as the Sword Prodigy While he was active, his nah he was an outspoken person, sohteous and sometimes chaotic, he was the most talented and sincere person I knew When my teacher passed away, us three Elders — Vichien, Sanon, and I — had the same decision that ould select him as the next successor for the Wulin Lord position”

”The previous successor Teacher told ned to the previous successor was too difficult, leading to his” Sila said, and then stopped

”Correct The est swordsman who stood at the zenith To achieve that mission, he traveled around the world Despite his bad habit of being headstrong and stubborn, his ability was genuinely transcendent It took him only a year to triumph over every famous sword dojo The mission should have ended there, but your father was an obstinate person; he wasn't satisfied with his current ability and wanted to invent his oord art, Heaven's Decree He set his oal within one year which later proved to be too short

”You need to understand that, at the tiy wasn't as advanced as it is today Despite this, when he heard that there was technology that could help him have more time to practice profound arts, your father traveled to one of the research institutes in Ger his eyes doard, Sila continued to listen That should have been the moment when his parents y back then was still being developed and as such, was a lot erous Your father overworked his brain, and, in the end, he fell into a co the pregnant Irene behind Then, soon after you were born, her sorrow for Pu that she was the cause of his death In the end, her body steadily deteriorated and she died”

Lifting his head up, Mora looked straight into Sila's eyes ”It's my fault I should have stopped him, but deep down in my heart, I also wanted to witness the birth of the ultimate sword art, the art that Pumin said that would usher in the next era of sword arts, so I didn't hold hiht, Teacher That was my father's choice I don't think he would ever blame you for that,” Sila said with a faint voice

Silence filled the air until Mora broke the aard at else that you should know: Even though your father was fa the sword art before his demise, no one knows that he has a descendant You can make use of this fact if necessary”

”How, Teacher?”

”I will let you think about that yourself You're a curious person and tend to ask others for an answer However, if you only depend on others, your thinking ability won't i While it's true that asking the experts is often a good choice, you need to think for yourself sometimes Otherwise, if you are left with no one to ask, you won't be able to come up with an idea on your own”

The li, and the partition slid down ”We have arrived, Mister Mora”

Mora didn't wait for the driver to open the door, exiting the limousine himself, and was followed closely by Sila Both of them entered the research institute

It see recognized and bowed their heads to hi until they reached the elevator He and Sila entered, and Mora took out a key to open the hidden button showing 'B8' He pressed it and the elevator descended

'Why does it look so secretive?' Sila wondered The fact that Independent NPCs can stay online for a long period of time should be known by most if not all players, so he didn't understand why his teacher had to act like it was some kind of top secret

The elevator's door slid open, and they entered an air-conditioned, spacious room filled with cole person in the roolance was a scientist Thebrown hair He also wore a thick pair of glasses, but even that couldn't hide his handsome face The man approached them

”The preparations are co, he looked at Sila

”Thanks This is Sila, an the introductions

”hello I'm Joshua and I'm the scientist stationed in this laboratory It's nice to reet Sila

Sila reached out and shook his hand as he returned the greeting ”hello, sir I'?” Joshua asked The gentle sh Sila couldn't see his expression clearly thanks to the thick pair of glasses

”No, sir It's nothing” Sila released Joshua's hand

”In order to not waste ti process Pardon ive e fro his opinion

”Your blood is needed for Joshua to perform a deep analysis of your physical condition, to ensure that you will be perfectly fine when you use the capsule It's a nor the explanation, Sila extended his arm so that Joshua could cleanse the area with alcohol before injecting the needle, filling the syringe with his blood

”It will take soe your clothes while you are waiting? A set of clothing is on the table, and the restroo him nod for the second time, Sila picked up the clothes and obediently went to the restroo sleeves The only part of hi this suit was his head, above the chin

Dragging hi his blood into strange-looking equipe box on the table

”Except for your ID card, please put everything you have in this box, Mister Sila I will keep the out”